Eastern Florida State College (Florida)

Reported by Professor Mark McBride, College-Wide Coordinator for Student Success

At Eastern Florida State College, we asked the following question of First-Time in College (FTIC) fall term college-prep (developmental) students and college credit students:

• What were the retention rates of students who passed SLS 1101 [On Course class] with a "D" or higher compared to students who didn’t take SLS 1101?

We looked to see if the target students enrolled in (1) the following spring term, (2) the following fall term, and (3) graduated by spring 2009. Here are the results:

FTIC College-Prep Students:
From First Fall Term, 2004 to 2007

	Retention of Students who did NOT take SLS 1101	Retention of students who DID take SLS 1101	Increased retention of SLS 1101 (On Course) Students
Returned for following Spring Term	71.4%	90.17%	+18.77%
Returned for following Fall Term	53.3%	68.5%	+15.2%
Graduated by Spring, 2009	11.42%	17.12%	+5.7%

 

FTIC College-Credit Students:
From First Fall Term, 2004 to 2007

	Retention of Students who did NOT take SLS 1101	Retention of students who DID take SLS 1101	Increased retention of SLS 1101 (On Course) Students
Returned for following Spring Term	84.3%	91.42%	+7.12%
Returned for following Fall Term	69.5%	82.1%	+12.6%
Graduated by Spring, 2009	34.67%	45.2%	+10.53%

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We also compared the Academic Success Rate of students who took Communications 1 (ENC1101) without SLS and those who did take SLS 1101:

	Academic Success rate of those who did NOT take SLS 1101	Academic Success rate of those who DID take SLS 1101	Improved Academic Success for SLS  (On Course) Students
Academic Success of Students in Communications 1	75.4%	88.4%	+13.0%

For Com II (ENC 1102), the increased pass rate was 1.2% for SLS students.

We also compared the Academic Success Rate of students who took Intermediate Algebra (MAT 1022) without SLS with those who took SLS.

	Academic Success rate of those who did NOT take SLS 1101	Academic Success rate of those who DID take SLS 1101	Improved Academic Success for SLS  (On Course) Students
Academic Success of Students in Intermediate Algebra	63.4%	68.0%	+4.6%

We also compared the Academic Success Rate of students who took College Algebra (MAT 1105) without SLS with those who took SLS.

	Academic Success rate of those who did NOT take SLS 1101	Academic Success rate of those who DID take SLS 1101	Improved Academic Success for SLS  (On Course) Students
Academic Success of Students in College Algebra	72.0%	82.1%	+10.1%